In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Once the home of a local newspaper, this small museum preserves the history of Beaver Island, from its Indigenous inhabitants to the arrival of a self-proclaimed king.

On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.

More than 150 snowmobiles fill this Michigan museum.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.